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MA VISUAL ANTHROPOLOGY Granada Centre for Visual Anthropology STUDENT HANDBOOK 2021-2022 1 Contents Welcome to the Granada Centre for Visual Anthropology ................................................ 4 Dean’s Welcome Statement ............................................................................................... 5 SECTION 1 – ABOUT THE GRANADA CENTRE ...................................................................... 7 1.1 About the Granada Centre .................................................................................. 7 1.2 About the Course ................................................................................................. 8 1.3 MA in Visual Anthropology Course Structure ..................................................... 9 1.4 Academic Calendar ............................................................................................ 11 1.5 Submission deadlines ........................................................................................ 11 1.7 Registration ....................................................................................................... 12 SECTION 2 – PROGAMME ORGANISATION ....................................................................... 14 2.1 Programme Overview, Aims and Learning Outcomes ...................................... 14 2.2 Compulsory Course Units and Compensation................................................... 14 2.3 Supervisor .......................................................................................................... 15 2.4 Assessment Overview and Submission Procedures .......................................... 15 2.5 Consultation and Evaluation ............................................................................. 20 SECTION 3 – COURSE CONTENT ....................................................................................... 22 3.1 SOAN 70121 – Ethnographic Documentary ...................................................... 22 3.2 SOAN 70771 - Screening Culture: Anthropology and Film ................................ 22 3.3 SOAN 70591 – Anthropology of Vision, Memory and the Senses .................... 26 3.4 SOAN 70142/3 – Beyond Observational Cinema .............................................. 28 3.5 SOAN 60992/3 - Elemental Media: Documentary and Sensory Practice .......... 29 3.6 SOAN 70452 – Images Texts Fieldwork ............................................................. 31 SECTION 4 – INDIVIDUAL RESEARCH FINAL PROJECT ....................................................... 33 4.1 Preparing and Planning the Project ................................................................... 33 4.2 Fieldwork and Supervision ................................................................................. 36 4.3 Presentation of Materials .................................................................................. 37 4.4 Submission Procedures ..................................................................................... 39 4.5 Ethical and Rights Clearance ............................................................................. 39 SECTION 5 – STAFF ............................................................................................................ 41 5.1 Granada Centre Teaching Staff ......................................................................... 41 5.2 Technical Staff ................................................................................................... 42 2 5.3 Administrative Staff ........................................................................................... 42 5.4 Social Anthropology Teaching and Research Staff ............................................ 42 SECTION 6 – FACILITIES & EQUIPMENT ............................................................................ 43 6.1 Granada Centre Film and Media Lab ................................................................. 43 6.2 Granada Centre Screening Hub ......................................................................... 43 6.3 Granada Centre Online Film Collections ........................................................... 43 6.4 Production Facilities .......................................................................................... 44 6.5 Equipment ......................................................................................................... 44 6.6 Insurance of Equipment .................................................................................... 45 6.7 Equipment Costs................................................................................................. 46 SECTION 7 – LIBRARY, FACILITIES & SUPPORT SERVICES .................................................. 47 7.1 University Library ............................................................................................... 47 7.2 Computing Facilities .......................................................................................... 47 7.3 Blackboard & School of Social Sciences Student Intranet ................................. 48 SECTION 8 – RIGHTS, DISTRIBUTION AND GRADUATION ................................................. 52 8.1 Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) ...................................................................... 52 8.2 Film Subjects' Consent ....................................................................................... 52 8.3 Distribution ........................................................................................................ 52 8.4 Graduation ......................................................................................................... 53 APPENDIX 1 - Health & Safety Information ...................................................................... 54 APPENDIX 2 - Marking Criteria for Written Work in Social and Visual Anthropology ...... 57 APPENDIX 3 - Marking Criteria for Films and Other Media .............................................. 59 APPENDIX 4 - Jisc Discovery Tool ...................................................................................... 60 Appendix 5 - Supporting Letter Model ............................................................................. 62 Appendix 6 - Intellectual property rights release forms ................................................... 63 APPENDIX 7 - List of Equipment Exported from EU/UK .................................................... 65 APPENDIX 8 - Tier 4 Visa Attendance Monitoring for Tier 4 Visa holders ........................ 67 NB: This Handbook was updated in August 2022 and may be subject to alteration. 3 Welcome to the Granada Centre for Visual Anthropology Dear Masters of Visual Anthropology students (MAVAs) On behalf of my colleagues in the Granada Centre for Visual Anthropology, I welcome you to what we hope will be a very exciting and enjoyable year. You will be immersed in the life of the university and very busy with lectures, seminars, a vast array of practice-based assignments, but also with getting to know each other. We know from experience that students usually make friends for life during the year they spend in Manchester, and some even go on to develop projects together. It will also be challenging; throughout the year we will invite you to engage in critical ways of looking at the world with and through audio-visual devices, which may be different from what you have experienced before. The schedule of classes, assignments, and deadlines will require you to manage your time wisely. We will push you to do your best, but will also be there to support your studies and your ideas. Your practice will be informed by the intellectual questions we will ask together throughout the course; and the combination of anthropology with visual media will give you excellent skills to understand and create stories about the world around you. I hope that you will be stimulated to continue the adventure of visual anthropology way beyond 2021-2022. As MAVA Programme Director I wish you all a productive, gratifying, and successful academic year. Angela Torresan COVID-19 Please note that the University has a webpage dedicated to information about university life during the Covid-19 pandemic: https://www.manchester.ac.uk/coronavirus/ And one page on information about testing: https://www.manchester.ac.uk/coronavirus/support-current-students/covid-19-testing/ Join the Granada Centre Facebook www.facebook.com/granadacentrevisualanthropology Twitter: https://twitter.com/GCVA_Mcr Instagram: www.instagram.com/granada_centre_manchester/ 4 Dean’s Welcome Statement WELCOME TO THE FACULTY OF HUMANITIES As Vice-President and Dean of the Faculty of Humanities, I would like to extend a warm welcome to all students in The University of Manchester. The Faculty of Humanities is one of three Faculties in the University and consists of four Schools. We offer an unprecedented range of innovative programmes at undergraduate and graduate level, embracing disciplines as diverse as business and management, social sciences, law, education, languages, arts and environment and development. This rich mix of opportunities makes study at The University of Manchester an exciting and stimulating experience, where you will benefit from the experience of leading scholars in your field and from being part of a large, diverse and international student community. We understand that the current coronavirus situation still remains unsettling and uncertain. Please know that Manchester is here for you and is ready to welcome you throughout 2021. We are building on our innovative and world-class